Sources: BBC
Thirty-five children are killed and six others are injured in a crowd crush during a Christmas funfair in Ibadan, Nigeria. 2024-12-18
The "Peoples Gazette", a Nigerian online newspaper, claims that it has been raided by the National Intelligence Agency. 2022-01-10
Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 people in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in northeast Nigeria. 2018-10-31
Heavy flooding in Nigeria kills 44 people and 20 others are missing. 2018-07-16
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
Boko Haram captures the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak, killing 50 and forcing more than 3,000 to flee across the border into Niger. 2014-11-24
The Nigerian-based militant group seizes control of the northeastern town of Chibok, Borno State. 2014-11-13
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatens to launch a terror campaign to "defend Christianity" in Nigeria in response to attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram. 2013-04-16
Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurates a new Cabinet. 2010-04-6